Ive never owned or ran a forum. A few I visit have enough space that photos can be loaded directly to their site. I wander what that kind of storage costs? It might be likely that forums will have to start charging a little bit or make a change. I know this is the only reason I use photobucket. I am guessing I am not the only one. This might bite them in the butt and cause them to change their minds. I can't imagine many people will be forking out $400 just to be able to post a few pics a year into a forum....